Sports Fans: Has there ever been a quarterback who has experienced two bad years in their prime but rose above the adversity later on to become a champion?

I’m thinking perhaps Eli Manning fits this description? He’s coughed up a number of interceptions in his career yet has become a championship quater back. I feel like Philip Rivers is a top 10 QB, one of those where you think of the team and his name is the first player to pop up. I feel he’s in his prime still but had a rough last year and this year he’s tossing interceptions all over the place.

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I was going to say Rob “Sack Magnet” Johnson as a joke, but I looked him up and he has a Super Bowl ring, with Tampa Bay in 2002. Jim Plunkett, Warren Moon and the other Tampa Bay quarterback, I can’t think of his name, also come to mind.

You know, his early years with Denver were not as bad as I remembered. They went 13–3 in 1984 and 11–5 in 1985. In 1987, Elway led them in “The Drive,” a famous scoring drive in the AFC Championship game.